bamboo

Bamboo systematics: less swaying in the wind

The bamboos are an extraordinary group of plants and the only large group of grasses to diversify in forests. They represent a major radiation in the angiosperms with nearly 1,500 species. The Bamboo Phylogeny Working Group (including TCD botanists Sarawood Sungkaew and Trevor Hodkinson) have recently used molecular, anatomical and morphological characters to update the […]